07 Aug 1920
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1920
Page
1
France and Britain weigh forceful options at Hythe conference as Poland rails against Bolshevik pressure. Lloyd George and Millerand work with Allied leaders while Berlin warns of a general railway strike. Cox in Dayton presses League of Nations and tax reforms as peace routes unfold.
A small boy donated a dollar at Hartman Abstract Co where the Ty Taylor Memorial Association HQ is set. Donations listed by H W Collings show many small gifts and a sizable $172 from workers at American National Bank. The committee seeks reliable help to run the headquarters as fundraising continues and a permanent office is planned next week.
Poland asks Bolsheviks for a military respite and allows Polish delegates to communicate with their government. In Moscow, Bolshevik forces resume the drive against Lemberg, report capturing Covel Lutsak and Alexandroff, and claim fierce fighting on the Bug river’s right bank. The offensive against General Wrangel in Crimea is noted. Continued on page 6.
Wheat closed at 2.32 in Chicago after opening 2.32 and touching 2.35 amid firmer tone. Daily quotations from Overbeck & Cooke show March at 2.57, May at 2.90, other grains mixed. notes cite European political news and rains affecting futures, with corn and rye showing weakness and limited domestic demand.
The Sugarbowl Hunting Club plans a mining style venture to construct a hunting lodge in the hills beyond Gurdang. Dean Stull John Vaughan Jake Welch and Guy Wyrick lead the vanguard with more members joining tomorrow as chief cook head carpenter foreman and other roles are assigned after full assembly. The lodge is expected to be finished late next week in time for the deer season opening.
Denver faces mob violence as tramway strike backers clash with breakers. Soldiers from Fort Logan patrol the city with more from Camp Funston expected, while Mayor Bailey warns troops to restore order. Rioting leaves three dead and about a dozen wounded as women and children navigate the chaos. American Legion volunteers assist police in dispersing crowds and keeping streets passable for emergency response.
Charles W. Furlong, noted writer and Round-Up fan, mourns Til Taylor’s death. He laments that the whole country loses a man of outstanding mind and character and extends sympathy to Taylor’s family and friends in Fenitone. Furlong, now a major in the army, has recently served in the Balkans and elsewhere as a government investigator.
A survey party led by Virkil Wagoner, Milton resident and road engineer, will travel from Ukiah by late next week to assess a new route along Cameos Creek to the Grant county line. The aim is to replace the John Day and Bridge Creek grades with a better link to markets. A second crew under David G. Glass will inspect overhead crossing sites at Saxe Station, with two sites planned near the current grade crossing and south toward Pon Meten, per agreement among O W T L S Co, the county, and the highway commission.
Viet President Marshall says the renown treaty with the Lenewe of Nations covenant cannot be adopted even with a democratic Namdelidte to November elections. He asserts Democrats would still need a two thirds Senate vote to ratify.
Thousands lined Dayton streets as Cox and Roosevelt led a two mile parade to the fair grounds for notification ceremonies. The governors surprise entrance and continuous ovation followed a 2:30 race-track march with band music and cheers of Jim mee.
Washington Aug 7 One hundred fifty profiters have been convicted since the justice department began a nationwide drive to curb living costs. Arrests on profiteering charges total 1854, with 1499 by grand juries. Officials will renew efforts to increase convictions and expedite cases with indictments. Spokane Aug 7 Rain over Boome Portions of the Inland empire gave forest rangers and weary firefighters hope they can check four thousand timber violations in national forests and private holdings.
Pendleton man Rudy Molliner joined two companions on a river fishing trip along the Unimulla river. He cooked and ate a 12 inch squaw fish with many bones, boasting of bone quantity and meat quality and finishing the entire fish before being told its species.
Aug 7 report from Portland states a fire at the Eden Court apartment building on Eleventh Avenue and YarOWih Street left one person dead and several others badly burned or injured. Residents escaped using improvised rope lines from sheets. few fatalities feared and cause believed to be a thrown cigarette.
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